Pen-extractor



(No Model.)

J. R. ADAMS.

PEN EXTRAGTOR. No. 588,308. Patented Aug. 17,- 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ROBERT ADAMS, OF BEVIER, MISSOURI.

PEN-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 588,308, dated August17, 1897. Application filed January 12, 1897. Serial N0. 618,943- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES ROBERT ADAMS, a citizen of Great Britain,residing at Bevier, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Extractors, of whichthe following is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to pen-extractin g devices, and the objectthereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of whichthe pen may be extracted from the holder without applying the fingersthereto.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure lis aplan View ofmy improved penextractor and showing the method of its operation; Fig.2, an edge view thereof, and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by numerals of reference throughout theseveral views, and in the practice of my invention I provide apen-extractor which consists of two disks or platesv 5 and 6, which arepivotally connected at 7, the pivotal connection-being arranged adjacentto one side of the disks or plates. One of said disks or plates ispreferably thicker than the other and is provided with two radialgrooves 8, which extend from or near the center to the outer edgethereof, and the other disk or plate is provided with correspondingradial ribs 9, which are adapted to enter said grooves.

The disks or plates 5 and 6 are made of any desired material, and theoperation will be readily understood from the foregoing description whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the followingstatement thereof. 7 x

It will be understood that a pen may be inserted between the disks orplates, and in pracmy invention is not limited to the exact form of thedisks or plates, and the same may be circular or of any other preferredform.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As a new article'of manufacture, a pen-extractor,consisting of two disks or plates 5 and 6, pivotally connected togetherat 7, by a pin or the like, said pin being longer than the combinedthickness of the disks and provided at its upper and lower ends withheads, the lower disk being provided with two radial grooves extendingfrom or near the center to the outer edge thereof and the upper diskbeing provided with ribs adapted to fill said grooves, said disks beingcombined substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 22d day ofDecember, 1896.

JAMES ROBERT ADAMS.

Witnesses:

BESSIE ADAMS, JACOB A. SNABR.

